Dubai, Jan 20 (Odisha.in) Puspuni, one of the most popular agrarian festivals of Western Odisha was celebrated by Paschim Odisha Parivaar at Dubai with fervour on Friday. The star attractions at this year’s celebrations were Pankaj Bhue and Mohammed Jafar Iqbal, both members of India’s National Blind Cricket Team. The day long celebrations were held […]
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Orissa BJP president to campaign for party in West Bengal
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (Odisha.in) Bharatiya Janata Party Orissa president Jual Oram on Tuesday said he will head for West Bengal next week to campaign for party candidates for the coming multi-phased elections in the state. Oram, a prominent tribal leader who was a tribal affairs minister in the Vajpayee government said he will mainly campaign […]
Cricketer Pragyan Ojha set to tie the knot
Bhubaneswar, May 1 (Odisha.in) Left arm spinner cricketer Pragyan Ojha is all set to tie the knot this month in a city hotel in his home state Orissa. He will tie the knot with Karabee at Hotel Mayfair Lagoon in state capital Bhubaneswar May 16. A post graduate in micro biology, Karabee is the eldest […]
Lord Jagannath’s chariot festival held in Toronto
Toronto, July 7 (Odisha.in) The annual Ratha Yatra and Bahuda Yatra (return festival) was held on June 27 and July 5 respectively in Canada’s Toronto city with hundreds of devotees pulling the chariot of three deities. This was the second year of the festival initiated by the Toronto Jagannath Temple Trust in collaboration with Bharata […]
Orissa Society celebrates 40th Convention
New Jersey, July 7 (Odisha.in) The Orissa Society of the Americas organized their 40th Annual Convention on 3rd & 4th July, 2009 at Patriots Theatre at the War Memorial & Marriott Hotel, Trenton, New Jersey. Thousands of people of Orissa origin or Orissa loving, across North America joined this fun filled two day event to […]